Se connecterKYTHAN BLACKTHORNE (Wolf: Vexan)As I drove down the highway, Vexan stood on high alert within me, coiled and ready to strike. I found myself wondering why he hadn't already torn into me with one of his usual rants."Vexan," I called out, making a U-turn onto the road leading to Dankmark Highway.He ignored me on purpose, focused entirely on the road ahead, like he wished he could climb out of me and take the wheel himself."I think I should just turn around and go home. I don't care if—""Don't you dare," he growled, cutting me off. "Say whatever you want about not caring. We save her first."I scoffed. I didn't even know why I'd agreed to come out here in the first place. That ungrateful girl hadn't even thanked me the last time I helped her."That's because you never gave her a real chance to," Vexan's voice cut in."That's exactly why I hate helping people," I snapped. "After tonight, she can go straight to hell.""I doubt that," he said quietly, like he'd already seen exactly how
KYTHAN BLACKTHORNE (Wolf: Vexan)After leaving the office that afternoon, I headed straight to see Gideon, an old friend, back from college. He'd been asking to see me ever since he landed back in the packI figured I might as well take the opportunity while I had it. He spent most of the visit telling me about his plans to marry his girlfriend — the same girlfriend I was fairly sure had some kind of history with Rythan."You'll come to the wedding, right?" Gideon asked, grinning. "I want all of you there. It wouldn't feel right without you.""Of course," I said, keeping my voice even. “Are you sure you have thought it through?”"She's the one, Kythan. I've never been sure of anything." He leaned back, practically glowing with it.I couldn't bring myself to tell him that Rythan had slept with her — not once, but more than that, from what I'd gathered, even while Gideon was still with her. That wasn't a truth I was willing to hand him. I refused to be the reason a man's relationship
CELINEI stood outside the entrance, blinking through my blurry gaze at the heavy downpour, but there was no sign of the cab Rita had ordered anywhere.I tried to take a step forward and stumbled instantly. A stranger behind me caught my arm, steadying me with a hand against my back."Be careful, miss," he muttered, then walked off into the rain.I needed to get home, one way or another, but my head was pounding so hard it was becoming difficult to think straight, let alone form a plan. I fumbled my phone out of my bag, meaning to call Rythan — and just as I went to unlock it, someone's shoulder clipped mine, hard. The phone slipped from my fingers and hit the wet pavement, screen flashing once before it went darkWhile whoever had bumped me sprinted off toward their car without so much as a glance back.My shoulders slumped, and my eyes kept drifting shut like I was seconds from passing out. I forced them back open, again and again, refusing to let myself doze off..I left the phone
CELINEThe cab I'd ordered arrived sooner than expected, and I entered the passenger seat and closed the door."Where to?" the driver asked, glancing back at me.I tilted my head like I was actually thinking it over — not like I knew anywhere around here at all. "Umm... take me to the club."He nodded and pulled off. For that stretch of the ride, I let myself forget everything else. No triplets, no Cassandra, no Kythan. Just me, for once. Before long, he pulled into a wide lot and parked in the garage.I paid him and stepped out. A massive building stood in front of me, thumping with bass, lit up in shifting colors. People streamed in and out — dressed to the nines, skin on display, clearly here for a good night.A smile spread across my lips as I braced myself for whatever waited inside.Just as I turned to walk in, another car swung in and parked right in front of me, and I frowned in confusion."Celineeee!" a familiar voice shrieked.I turned to see Rita sprinting toward me, and sh
CELINE I kept tossing on my bed, unable to catch any sleep no matter how hard I tried to push her out of my mind. Cassandra. What was she doing at the company? I thought she and the triplets had cut ties because of me. Had they forgiven her already? I wondered, turning over again. Only the Goddess knew how much restraint it took not to rush back to the company and demand answers. Instead, I'd come straight home. I hadn't even been in the mood to talk to the triplets before all this — so none of it should have mattered to me at all. But the smile on her face. Like she'd been invited by them. “Gosh, Celine. Do you honestly think the triplets are going to fight their best friend over you? Give it up.” I let out a scoff of disbelief at myself. ‘She can have Kythan. But Zithan and Rythan is a—’ Knock, knock. A knock at my door pulled me upright in bed, and I sat there wondering who it could be. "Come in. It's open," I called. The door opened, and my father stepped inside, his
ZITHAN BLACKTHORNE (Wolf: Sylvan) "Alpha—I asked that useless errand girl to get me a coffee, and now this gossiping little friend of hers is telling me she just left the company." She nearly shouted it, though I could see her working to rein herself back in front of me. I let the word “useless” slide past without comment. Out of respect for Celine, I wasn't about to make a scene over how Tyla talked about her, not when Celine had chosen to keep us hidden. I turned to the new employee instead. "What's your name? And what exactly did Celine say before she left?" She lifted her head to meet my eyes for the first time. "My name's Rita, Alpha." Her voice was steady despite the tension in the room. "She said she wasn't feeling well before she left." ‘Sick?’ I thought. She probably couldn't stand being in this building another minute after what Kythan had said to her. "Sick?" Tyla's face twisted like she'd just heard the most absurd lie of her life. "That's ridiculous. I spoke to her
CELINE I rushed downstairs with my bag clutched against my side, eyes glued to my phone as I tried to power it back on. My mind was still clouded, thick with everything that had happened in that room. Everything Alpha Zithan had done to me with his hands and his mouth and that devastating patien
CELINE The word detonated inside my chest like something physical. Mate! The pull struck again, but harder this time, coming from three directions at once, like invisible hands reaching into my ribcage and pulling simultaneously. My own hand rose slowly and I pointed a trembling finger at each
CELINE I stood at the top of the stairs and stared at the empty corridor where the cold-eyed man had just been. The warmth I remembered from this morning was completely gone. Stripped away as if it had never existed. Those familiar features, same dark hair, same jaw, same mouth — had looked at m
CELINE The moment I was finally outside that house, everything hit me at once. My knees nearly buckled. I grabbed the gate post to steady myself and then the first sob tore out of me, ugly and uncontrolled, and once it started I couldn't stop it. My shoulders shook violently. I pressed my







